Stories from Thursday, November 9, 2017

A former assistant city police chief will take over temporarily at Poplar Bluff Municipal Airport. Gary Pride has been named interim manager until a decision can be made concerning the position, said city manager Mark Massingham. Pride met Wednesday with airport staff. He will be paid $450 a week, with no benefits, Massingham said...

The Neelyville R-IV School District will be hosting its annual Veterans Day program and the community is invited to attend as well as all veterans and active duty members. The program will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10, in the Neelyville High School gym...

A celebration will be held from 1-3 p.m. Saturday in the 200 block of Almond Street to mark the completion of repairs to a World War II veteran's house. Community donations and support from veterans groups raised $40,000 to fix the home of Wilbur and Anna Schmit after a large tree crushed a bedroom at the home in late May...

A head-on collision involving a dump truck and passenger car Wednesday afternoon on Highway 53 left a Poplar Bluff, Mo., man dead and his wife seriously injured. Highway 53 near County Road 607 was closed for about three hours after authorities responded to the crash scene at 12:37 p.m...

Human remains believed to be those of a missing Poplar Bluff, Mo., man have been found in a lake authorities recently drained. "Last Tuesday, we began draining a large lake on private property" pursuant to a search warrant, said Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs. "It's a lake that measures approximately 85 yards wide by about 175 yards long...

ELLSINORE, Mo. -- A manhunt continues in Carter County for a Van Buren, Mo., man who escaped from custody early this morning. Corey A. Hause, 21, was arrested 5:20 p.m. Wednesday by the Missouri State Highway Patrol on a Carter County warrant for no valid license...

By STEPHEN MOORE Time magazine's cover story for the week of Nov. 6 is a classic. It blares: "The Wrecking Crew: How Trump's Cabinet Is Dismantling Government As We Know It." The New York Times ran a lead editorial complaining that team Trump is shrinking the regulatory state at an "unprecedented" pace...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor Saturday is the long-awaited day for more than one-third of a million hunters across Missouri - opening day of the firearms deer season. Last year, hunters killed 96,131 deer on opening weekend, with great weather helping their cause...

The 12th Annual Fill the Fire Truck Food and Non-perishable Items Drive sponsored by First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, at the 10 Box located at the corner of PP Highway and Shelby Road. The food drive will benefit St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank and Child Concern in Poplar Bluff...

It's not just the usual outrage on the need for gun control after a horrendous shooting. It is a wide-eyed, angry, uninformed, hateful, condescending, morally superior political cascade that will probably help sell a record number of guns over the days to come, maybe making it still easier for the next killer to get one...

Lenny Laird, 61, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 in San Diego, Calif. Arrangements are pending with Moore Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff. Online Condolences: www.moorefuneralservice.com

By FRANK CAMPA Mo. Dept. of Conservation Archery season for deer and turkey has been in since Sept. 15, and we just had the early portion of the firearms youth weekend. It's been long enough to see the results on many side roads and pull-offs, that being several deer carcasses dumped and/or disposed of in an inappropriate manner...

My wife and I decided to go to Branson for a little breather before the Holiday seasons arrive and here I am sitting at 03:45 a.m. writing an Op-Ed piece for our local newspaper which may or may not ever see the light of day. Pam and I decided to see a movie while we were out, which is something coming from a couple of folks who rarely go to the theater and whose only television is kept in the closet of a spare bedroom in case we would want to watch It's a Wonderful Life at Christmas...

SEMO News Service SIKESTON, Mo. -- Sikeston native Anna Catherine DeHart's run on the singing competition "The Voice" came to an end during the knockouts round in Monday night's episode. Similar to the battle round, contestants in knockouts compete against another member of their team, but only half of the team would advance to the next round and the contestants wouldn't know who they were up against until it was their turn to sing...

LONDON (AP) -- Doctors treating a critically ill boy with a devastating skin disease used experimental gene therapy to create an entirely new skin for most of his body in a desperate attempt to save his life. Two years later, the doctors report the boy is doing so well that he doesn't need any medication, is back in school and even playing soccer...

Barbara Sue Hover, 75, of Harviell, Mo. passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017 at her home. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 at Moore Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 in the Moore Funeral Service Chapel...

Stanley Ordway, 67, of Poplar Bluff, died on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017 at Evelyn's House Hospice in Creve Couer, Mo. Arrangements are pending with Moore Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff. Online Condolences: www.moorefuneralservice.com

LONDON (AP) -- A new study shows that sheep have the ability to recognize human faces from photographs on computer screens. The Cambridge University study published Wednesday also shows that sheep can recognize the faces of their human handlers without any prior training...

Krysten Garrison finished her high school volleyball career with 954 kills, 190 blocks, 601 assists, 357 digs and 116 aces ... without playing her senior season. "That's absurd," Dexter coach Carmen Morgan said. Garrison signed Wednesday to play for New Mexico State University...